* Removed entries for excceedingly old books (those from the 90s) * Removed entry for "Cross Platform Perl". I think the publisher has disappeared.
* Updated the details for the Llama book * Added a note for authors telling them to write to perlfaq-workers if they don't see their book * Some grammar cclean-ups. Index: perlfaq2.pod =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/public/perlfaq/perlfaq2.pod,v retrieving revision 1.34 diff -u -d -r1.34 perlfaq2.pod --- perlfaq2.pod 10 Aug 2005 15:56:54 -0000 1.34 +++ perlfaq2.pod 12 Aug 2005 18:29:14 -0000 @@ -149,9 +149,8 @@ have a proper man command, or it's been misinstalled. If that doesn't work, try looking in /usr/local/lib/perl5/pod for documentation. -If all else fails, consult http://perldoc.cpan.org/ or -http://www.perldoc.com/ both offer the complete documentation -in html format. +If all else fails, consult http://perldoc.perl.org/ which had the +complete documentation in HTML and PDF format. Many good books have been written about Perl--see the section below for more details. @@ -162,11 +161,9 @@ L<perlreftut> for managing references, L<perlretut> for regular expressions, L<perlthrtut> for threads, L<perldebtut> for debugging, and L<perlxstut> for linking C and Perl together. There may be more -by the time you read this. The following URLs might also be of -assistance: +by the time you read this. These URLs might also be useful: - http://perldoc.cpan.org/ - http://www.perldoc.com/ + http://perldoc.perl.org/ http://bookmarks.cpan.org/search.cgi?cat=Training%2FTutorials =head2 What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions? @@ -221,10 +218,11 @@ A number of books on Perl and/or CGI programming are available. A few of these are good, some are OK, but many aren't worth your money. There is a list of these books, some with extensive reviews, at -http://books.perl.org/ . +http://books.perl.org/ . If you don't see your book listed here, you +can write to perlfaq-workers@perl.org . The incontestably definitive reference book on Perl, written by -the creator of Perl, is now (Sept 2004) in its third edition: +the creator of Perl, is Programming Perl: Programming Perl (the "Camel Book"): by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant @@ -242,13 +240,13 @@ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlckbk2/ If you're already a seasoned programmer, then the Camel Book might -suffice for you to learn Perl from. If you're not, check out the +suffice for you to learn Perl. If you're not, check out the Llama book: - Learning Perl (the "Llama Book") - by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix - ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001] - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ + Learning Perl + by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy + ISBN 0-596-10105-8 [4th edition July 2005] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ And for more advanced information on writing larger programs, presented in the same style as the Llama book, continue your education @@ -306,11 +304,6 @@ ISBN 0-596-00032-4 [3rd edition May 2000] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlpr3/ - Perl in a Nutshell - by Ellen Siever, Stephan Spainhour, and Nathan Patwardhan - ISBN 1-56592-286-7 [1st edition December 1998] - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlnut/ - =item Tutorials Beginning Perl @@ -324,38 +317,15 @@ http://www.manning.com/Johnson/ Learning Perl - by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix - ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001] - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ + by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy + ISBN 0-596-10105-8 [4th edition July 2005] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules by Randal L. Schwartz, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway) ISBN 0-596-00478-8 [1st edition June 2003] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/ - Learning Perl on Win32 Systems - by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson, and Tom Christiansen, - with foreword by Larry Wall - ISBN 1-56592-324-3 [1st edition August 1997] - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperlwin/ - - Perl: The Programmer's Companion - by Nigel Chapman - ISBN 0-471-97563-X [1997, 3rd printing Spring 1998] - http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/97563-X.htm - http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/chapman/perl/perltpc.html (errata etc) - - Cross-Platform Perl - by Eric Foster-Johnson - ISBN 1-55851-483-X [2nd edition September 2000] - http://www.pconline.com/~erc/perlbook.htm - - MacPerl: Power and Ease - by Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor, - with foreword by Matthias Neeracher - ISBN 1-881957-32-2 [1st edition May 1998] - http://www.macperl.com/ptf_book/ - =item Task-Oriented Writing Perl Modules for CPAN -- brian d foy, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
